Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for all aspects of product quality and reliability from Concept to EOL
• Develop High Level Test Plan & strategy for platforms programs, working with various validation teams on system-level test and qualification methodologies
• Assure implementation of customer, company, and industry quality and reliability standards through the entire product lifecycle.
• Assist and support other program managers in applying a systematic and analytical approach in closing out stop ship/stop build and quality incident alert situations.
• Represent the Platforms quality group in various cross functional team meetings and prepare all required materials for such meetings as identified by manager 
• Prepare reports and summaries of DOEs, risk assessments and quality/reliability monitors
• Define product quality monitors and indicators, and work with respective departments to implement them
• Define quality triggers; manage internal quality incident response
• Own all program issues related to product quality and reliability; serve as the voice of quality to product core teams
• Work with respective subject matter experts to drive quality action item closure

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• 10+ years of quality and reliability experience in a data storage environment at the system and/or drive level
• Thorough understanding of a wide breadth of quality and reliability concepts
• Working knowledge of validation test methodology
• Prior storage platform or networking test/design experience highly desirable
• Prior experience with NAND flash highly desirable
• Bachelor of Science degree in a related engineering discipline required

SKILLS:

• Excellent communication skills
• Strong project management skills
• Agile, Jira use and data mining experience are highly desirable